Plugin

Returns whether the user enabled Collisions in Studio under the Model tab.

Returns the grid snapping size the user has set in Studio under the toolbar's Model or Avatar tabs. Note that this property may have slight rounding errors; for example it may be 0.0099999997764826 for a user setting of 1 or 0.4000000059604645 for a user setting of 0.4.

This function sets the state of the calling plugin to activated. Activating the plugin allows mouse control through the Plugin:GetMouse() method.

At any given time there are either 0 or 1 Activated Plugins. Activating a plugin will deactivate all other plugins (they will receive a Plugin.Deactivation event).

See also:

• Plugin:IsActivatedWithExclusiveMouse(), returns true if this plugin is currently active with an exclusive mouse, after having been activated via this function
• Plugin.Unloading, fires immediately before the plugin is unloaded or reloaded via uninstallation, deactivation, or updating

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This function creates a PluginAction which is an object that represents a generic performable action in Roblox Studio, with no directly associated Toolbar or Enum.Button. In Roblox Studio, they can be assigned a keyboard shortcut under File → Advanced → Customize Shortcuts…, and they can also be added to the Quick Access Toolbar.

When an action is triggered, the PluginAction.Triggered event is signaled.

In order for PluginActions work as expected, they must be created using this function.

See also:

• PluginMenu, a context menu that can be shown in Studio which displays a list of PluginActions and supports submenus
• Plugin:CreatePluginMenu(), creates a PluginMenu

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Returns

local pluginAction = plugin:CreatePluginAction(
	"HelloWorldAction",
	"Hello World",
	"Prints a 'Hello world!'",
	"rbxasset://textures/sparkle.png",
	true
)
pluginAction.Name = "Test Action"

local function actionTriggered()
	print("Hello world!")
end

pluginAction.Triggered:Connect(actionTriggered)

This function creates a new PluginMenu, which is a context menu that can be shown in Studio that displays a list of PluginActions and supports submenus.

In order for PluginMenus to work as expected, they must be created using this function.

See also:

• PluginAction, an object that represents a generic performable action in Roblox Studio, with no directly associated Toolbar or Enum.Button.
• Plugin:CreatePluginAction(), creates a PluginAction
• PluginMenu.Title, the text to be displayed when used as a sub menu
• PluginMenu.Icon, the icon to be displayed when used as a sub menu
• PluginMenu:AddAction(), adds the given action to the menu
• PluginMenu:AddNewAction(), creates a temporary action that is hidden from Studio's customize shortcuts window
• PluginMenu:AddMenu(), adds the given menu as a separator
• PluginMenu:AddSeparator(), adds a separator between items in the menu
• PluginMenu:Clear(), clears the menu
• PluginMenu:ShowAsync(), shows the menu at the mouse cursor. Yields until either an item is selected or the menu is closed. The selected action fires its Triggered event

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-- This code can be pasted into the command bar, but only once
local pluginMenu = plugin:CreatePluginMenu(math.random(), "Test Menu")
pluginMenu.Name = "Test Menu"

pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionA", "A", "rbxasset://textures/loading/robloxTiltRed.png")
pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionB", "B", "rbxasset://textures/loading/robloxTilt.png")

local subMenu = plugin:CreatePluginMenu(math.random(), "C", "rbxasset://textures/explosion.png")
subMenu.Name = "Sub Menu"

subMenu:AddNewAction("ActionD", "D", "rbxasset://textures/whiteCircle.png")
subMenu:AddNewAction("ActionE", "E", "rbxasset://textures/icon_ROBUX.png")

pluginMenu:AddMenu(subMenu)
pluginMenu:AddSeparator()

pluginMenu:AddNewAction("ActionF", "F", "rbxasset://textures/sparkle.png")

local toggle = Instance.new("BoolValue")
toggle.Name = "TogglePluginMenu"
toggle.Parent = workspace

local function onToggled()
	if toggle.Value then
		toggle.Value = false

		local selectedAction = pluginMenu:ShowAsync()
		if selectedAction then
			print("Selected Action:", selectedAction.Text, "with ActionId:", selectedAction.ActionId)
		else
			print("User did not select an action!")
		end
	end
end

toggle.Changed:Connect(onToggled)

The CreateToolbar function creates a new PluginToolbar with the given name. The toolbar can then be used to create plugin buttons.

Parameters

Returns

plugin:CreateToolbar("ExampleToolbar")

Deactivates the plugin. This will disengage the associated PluginMouse if it has been activated

See also:

• Plugin:Activate(), sets the state of the calling plugin to activated
• Plugin.Deactivation, fires when the plugin is deactivated
• Plugin.Unloading, fires immediately before the plugin is unloaded or reloaded via uninstallation, deactivation, or updating

Returns

Returns the Enum.JointCreationMode the user has set in Studio under the Model tab.

Returns

GetMouse returns a PluginMouse that can be used while the plugin is active through Plugin:Activate().

Returns

local mouse = plugin:GetMouse()

local function button1Down()
	print("Button 1 pressed from PluginMouse")
end

mouse.Button1Down:Connect(button1Down)

GetSelectedRibbonTool return the currently selected Enum.RibbonTool. It returns an Enum that corresponds to a particular tool. This will return whether the tool is selected manually or programmatically via Plugin:SelectRibbonTool().

Returns

plugin:SelectRibbonTool(Enum.RibbonTool.Move, UDim2.new())
task.wait() -- wait for next frame
local selectedRibbonTool = plugin:GetSelectedRibbonTool()
print("The selected RibbonTool is", selectedRibbonTool)

Retrieves a previously stored value with the given key, or nil if the given key doesn't exist.

Because multiple instances of the same plugin can run simultaneously (for example, if multiple Studio windows are open), you shouldn't depend on this value staying the same over time. The other plugin instances can update the setting at any time.

This call can silently fail and return nil if multiple instances of the same plugin are actively reading and writing data. If your plugin expects to write to settings frequently, you should double-check the returned value from this call after a short while to distinguish between a setting being temporarily unavailable and a setting not existing.

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local RAN_BEFORE_KEY = "RanBefore"
local didRunBefore = plugin:GetSetting(RAN_BEFORE_KEY)

if didRunBefore then
	print("Welcome back!")
else
	plugin:SetSetting(RAN_BEFORE_KEY, true)
	print("Welcome! Thanks for installing this plugin!")
end

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This function returns true if this plugin is currently active, after having been activated via the Plugin:Activate() function.

Returns

This function returns true if this plugin is currently active with an exclusive mouse, after having been activated via the Plugin:Activate() function. If this returns true, a PluginMouse can be retrieved via Plugin:GetMouse().

See also:

• Plugin.Deactivation, fires when the plugin is deactivated
• Plugin.Unloading, fires immediately before the plugin is unloaded or reloaded via uninstallation, deactivation, or updating

Returns

Negates the given parts and returns the resulting NegateOperations.

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Used to open the given script instance in an editor window, in Roblox studio, at the given line. If no line is given as an argument it will default to 1.

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local newScript = Instance.new("Script")
newScript.Parent = workspace
plugin:OpenScript(newScript)

Opens the context help window to the wiki page that url links to.

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plugin:OpenWikiPage("API:Class/BasePart")

Opens an upload window for the user's current selection.

Returns

Activates the specified Roblox Studio tool. If the tool opens a window, the position parameter specifies where it should be shown on the screen.

Note:

• An object must be selected in order for this to work correctly.
• Altering the scale fields of the position property will not affect the dialog popups.

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Separates the given UnionOperations and returns the resulting parts.

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Stores a given value for later use under the given key. The value will persist even after Roblox Studio is closed. These settings are saved in JSON format as a map with string keys. Arrays are automatically converted to maps by converting the numeric keys to strings first.

Note that the JSON format imposes additional restrictions, including the following characters which can corrupt the settings file:

• Backslashes (\) in keys or values, in particular escaped quotes (\").
• Newlines (\n) in keys.
• Quotes (") in keys.
• Periods (.) in keys.

This call can silently fail if multiple instances of the same plugin are actively reading and writing data. If your plugin expects to write to settings frequently, you may check that the data has been properly written by calling Plugin:GetSetting().

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local RAN_BEFORE_KEY = "RunBefore"
local hasRunBefore = plugin:GetSetting(RAN_BEFORE_KEY)

if hasRunBefore then
	print("Welcome back!")
else
	print("Thanks for installing this plugin!")
	plugin:SetSetting(RAN_BEFORE_KEY, true)
end

StartDrag initiates a drag action using a dictionary of parameters. The parameters are as follows:

See also:

• PluginGui.PluginDragEntered
• PluginGui.PluginDragMoved
• PluginGui.PluginDragDropped
• PluginGui.PluginDragLeft

Parameters

Returns

assert(plugin, "This script must be run as a Studio plugin")

local widgetInfo = DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo.new(Enum.InitialDockState.Float, true, true, 300, 200)

local dragSourceWidget = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("Drag Source", widgetInfo)
dragSourceWidget.Title = "Drag Source"

local textBox = Instance.new("TextBox")
textBox.Parent = dragSourceWidget
textBox.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 0, 32)
textBox.Text = "Hello, plugin drags"

local dragButton = Instance.new("TextButton")
dragButton.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, -32)
dragButton.Position = UDim2.new(0, 0, 0, 32)
dragButton.Text = "Edit the text above, then start drag here"
dragButton.Parent = dragSourceWidget

function onMouseButton1Down()
	local dragData = {
		Sender = "SomeDragSource",
		MimeType = "text/plain",
		Data = textBox.Text,
		MouseIcon = "",
		DragIcon = "",
		HotSpot = Vector2.new(0, 0),
	}
	plugin:StartDrag(dragData)
end

dragButton.MouseButton1Down:Connect(onMouseButton1Down)

-- This widget will receive drops
local dragTargetWidget = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("Drop Target", widgetInfo)
dragTargetWidget.Title = "Drop Target"

-- This TextLabel will display what was dropped
local textLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
textLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
textLabel.Text = "Drop here..."
textLabel.Parent = dragTargetWidget

local function onDragDrop(dragData)
	if dragData.MimeType == "text/plain" then
		textLabel.Text = dragData.Data
	else
		textLabel.Text = dragData.MimeType
	end
end

dragTargetWidget.PluginDragDropped:Connect(onDragDrop)

dragTargetWidget.PluginDragEntered:Connect(function(_dragData)
	print("PluginDragEntered")
end)

dragTargetWidget.PluginDragLeft:Connect(function(_dragData)
	print("PluginDragLeft")
end)

dragTargetWidget.PluginDragMoved:Connect(function(_dragData)
	print("PluginDragMoved")
end)

Unions the given parts and returns the resulting UnionOperation.

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CreateDockWidgetPluginGui creates a new DockWidgetPluginGui from the given DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo. The first parameter, pluginGuiId, should be a unique and consistent string. It is used to save the state of the widget's dock state and other internal details.

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-- Create new 'DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo' object
local widgetInfo = DockWidgetPluginGuiInfo.new(
	Enum.InitialDockState.Float, -- Widget will be initialized in floating panel
	true, -- Widget will be initially enabled
	false, -- Don't override the previous enabled state
	200, -- Default width of the floating window
	300, -- Default height of the floating window
	150, -- Minimum width of the floating window (optional)
	150 -- Minimum height of the floating window (optional)
)

-- Create new widget GUI
local testWidget = plugin:CreateDockWidgetPluginGui("TestWidget", widgetInfo)

local testButton = Instance.new("TextButton")
testButton.BorderSizePixel = 0
testButton.TextSize = 20
testButton.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 0.2, 0.4)
testButton.AnchorPoint = Vector2.new(0.5, 0.5)
testButton.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
testButton.Position = UDim2.new(0.5, 0, 0.5, 0)
testButton.SizeConstraint = Enum.SizeConstraint.RelativeYY
testButton.Text = "Click Me"
testButton.Parent = testWidget

This function prompts the user to open a .fbx animation file that can be loaded onto the rigModel, then proceeds to insert the animation as a KeyframeSequence in the Workspace.

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Prompts the user to open a .fbx file, uploads the individual components of the model as meshes, and generates a character rig for use in animation, which is loaded into the Workspace.

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Opens a window in Roblox Studio, which prompts the user to select an asset based on the assetType specified. Returns what assetId was selected, or -1 if the window was closed.

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Prompts the user to save their current selection with the specified file name. Returns true if the user did save the file.

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Fired when the Plugin is deactivated. This occurs when either the plugin code calls Plugin:Deactivate(), or because some other plugin called Plugin:Activate(), which forces all other plugins to lose their active state.

See also:

• Plugin.Unloading, fires immediately before the plugin is unloaded or reloaded via uninstallation, deactivation, or updating

This event fires immediately before the Plugin stops running. Plugins are unloaded when disabled, uninstalled, about to be updated, or when the place is closing.

It enables a plugin to clean up after itself before its scripts stop running, e.g. to remove unnecessary instances from the DataModel. If a plugin does not clean up properly, the old copies will remain. When this occurs, users may be forced to close and reopen the place which is a bad user experience.

Plugin-related instances such as PluginToolbarButtons, DockWidgetPluginGuis, and PluginGuis are automatically cleaned up when the plugin is unloaded so there is no need to remove them.